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Richard Blumenthal: “Do you agree that the Shelby County v. Holder decision was 'good news,' which is what Senator Sessions called it?”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
Do you agree that the Shelby County v. Holder decision was 'good news,' which is what Senator Sessions called it?
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal questions the positive view of the Shelby County v. Holder decision.

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